protests

英 [prəˈtests]

美 [prəˈtests]

n.  抗议; 抗议书(或行动); 反对
v.  (公开)反对; 抗议; 坚决地表示; 申辩
protest的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

The verb is pronounced /prə'test/. The noun is pronounced /'prəʊtest/. 动词读作 /prə'test/，名词读作 /'prəʊtest/。


• VERB 抗议；提出异议；反对
  If youprotest againstsomething oraboutsomething, you say or show publicly that you object to it. In American English, you usually say that youprotestit.
  1. Groups of women took to the streets to protest against the arrests...
     成群结队的妇女上街抗议逮捕行动。
  2. The students were protesting at overcrowding in the university hostels...
     学生们在抗议大学宿舍过于拥挤。
  3. They were protesting soaring prices...
     他们抗议物价暴涨。
  4. He picked up the cat before Rosa could protest.
     未等罗莎表示异议，他就抱起了猫。
• N-VAR 抗议；反对
  Aprotestis the act of saying or showing publicly that you object to something.
  1. The opposition now seems too weak to stage any serious protests against the government...
     反对党现在似乎势力非常弱小，无法针对政府发起真正的抗议。
  2. The unions called a two-hour strike in protest at the railway authority's announcement.
     各工会号召罢工两小时，以对铁路当局所发通告表示抗议。
  3. ...a protest march.
     抗议游行
• VERB 申辩；申明
  If youprotest thatsomething is the case, you insist that it is the case, when other people think that it may not be.
  1. When we tried to protest that Mo was beaten up they didn't believe us...
     我们试图申明莫遭到了毒打，他们却不相信我们。
  2. 'I never said any of that to her,' he protested...
     “我从来没有对她那么说过，”他申辩道。
  3. He has always protested his innocence.
     他一直申辩自己是无辜的。
• N-COUNT 申明；声明；断言
  Aprotest thatsomething is true is a strong declaration that it is true.
  1. That was how she usually dealt with their protests that she was spoiling her grandchildren.
     当他们坚持说她是在溺爱孙儿，她通常会作出那样的回应。

双语例句

• Environmental groups plan to stage public protests during the conference.
  环境保护组织计划在会议期间组织公众抗议活动。
• The protests had been non-political by nature
  这些抗议活动不带政治色彩。
• The decision triggered angry protests in Athens.
  该决定在雅典引发了愤怒的抗议。
• Mr Beazer tried to calm the protests by promising to keep the company's base in Pittsburgh.
  比泽先生承诺仍将公司总部设在匹兹堡，以求平息抗议。
• The press release provoked furious protests from the Gore camp and other top Democrats.
  这份媒体发布的声明激起了戈尔阵营以及其他民主党高层人士的愤怒抗议。
• Such food scandals have shaken consumer trust and spurred outcries and protests.
  此类食品丑闻动摇了消费者的信心，引发了强烈的不满和抗议。
• Their current protests are motivated purely by self-interest.
  他们当前的抗议完全是受一己之利驱使的。
• There were vigorous protests from local residents.
  当地居民进行了强烈地抗议活动。
• In both cases the strongest protests came from the immediate victims or the people directly behind the line-jumpers.
  两处情况表明，反对加塞儿最强烈的是在加塞者身后最近的人。
• One of them protests loudly, and the Americans cart him away in plastic handcuffs
  其中有个人大声抗议，美国人就把他铐上塑料手铐带走了。